April 27 is potato planting day at Howell Farm. In preparation, Farmer Rob and Intern Virginia loaded compost into the manure spreader this morning and spread it across the field. (Jim and John the oxen did the pulling.)

The compost comes from a big pile of rotted hay bales and sundry other organic matter that was located behind the farm's workshop.

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The Furrow is the online newsletter of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. We will be updating this site about once a week with crop reports and other insights into life on a horse-drawn living history farm.